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ECB Pitches Advisor, Mel Pooley, offers a few tips on how, what, why and when to scarify, paying particular
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Scarifying
WHAT IS SCARIFYING?
attention to the time of year and what you are trying to achieve ...
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you would be giving the lawn a good scarifying in the spring to remove any dead grass and improve the quality and appearance of the lawn. So, what does a gardener actually do? A gardener would use a rake or a cassette in his mower to remove the dead foliage. This would be in the form of a spring tine rake or a spring tine cassette in the mower. This type of ‘scarifying’ would not damage the soil surface, and would not matter if it did. But, what about the amateur
he term scarifying means different things to different people. If you were a gardener
purpose. These machines use a series of three-pointed sharp blades that will cut the lateral growth and thin the sward to encourage new growth. Again, if the blades mark the surface of the soil, it will not cause any serious problems because a bowls green is usually a high sand content soil. Now, we come to the amateur
cricket groundsman. What happens in the spring on a cricket square? Again, some form of ‘scarifying’ is likely to take place, but the problem arises as to what method of scarifying should be used.
groundsman looking after a bowls green? In the spring he would be expected to carry out a form of ‘scarifying’ to reduce the lateral growth in the sward, and also remove the dead foliage. For this, a cassette would be used in a professional mower or a specific machine designed for this
vigorous scarifying takes place to remove thatch - an organic matter build up at the surface of the soil. This needs to be removed to ensure a good playing surface for the following season. The gardener’s lawn also benefits from thatch removal in the autumn as this will help nutrient, air and
During the autumn renovations
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